Fonterra

Why is Fonterra so bad at international ventures?

20 Aug 18, 11:49am

Keith Woodford discusses how Fonterra’s governors become information prisoners of management and lack independent market insights
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Fonterra needs breaking up

17 Aug 18, 12:01pm

David Hargreaves

45 comments

David Hargreaves argues the Government needs to concede that the creation of Fonterra was the wrong thing to do and start again
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Fonterra halts CEO search and appoints interim chief

15 Aug 18, 8:25am

David Hargreaves

14 comments

Embattled dairy giant Fonterra has appointed Miles Hurrell as interim CEO with immediate effect; Theo Spierings will leave at the end of the month
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Fonterra's broken

10 Aug 18, 3:25pm

David Hargreaves

34 comments

David Hargreaves says Fonterra needs to undergo a massive overhaul otherwise the consequences could be quite drastic
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Govt steps up its business charm offensive, again

10 Aug 18, 2:38pm

Jason Walls

31 comments

Minister of Small Business Stuart Nash has set up a small business council but its aim is not to bolster sluggish business confidence numbers, an issue he admits he is concerned about
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Fonterra slashes dividend, trims milk price

10 Aug 18, 8:58am

David Hargreaves

20 comments

Fonterra says dividend will be just 10c, down from 40c, while final milk price for season just gone has been cut to $6.70 from the expected $6.75; Shareholders' Council says situation 'unacceptable'
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More woe for Fonterra?

9 Aug 18, 1:33pm

David Hargreaves

18 comments

Dairy giant Fonterra has gone into a trading halt on NZX while it determines whether earnings from the July year will be different to that previously forecast
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First NZ Capital probes strategic change options for Fonterra

28 Jul 18, 10:31am

Guy Trafford

3 comments

Guy Trafford takes a look at a research report that puts a spotlight on key challenges facing Fonterra
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Jones’ advice to new Fonterra chairman – ‘tame the emolument culture’

27 Jul 18, 10:30am

Jason Walls

7 comments

Fonterra chairman John Wilson stood down on Friday, citing health reasons. Fonterra critic Shane Jones has a few words of advice for new chairman John Monaghan
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John Monaghan succeeds John Wilson as Fonterra chairman

27 Jul 18, 9:41am

Gareth Vaughan

Fonterra chairman John Wilson quits after serious health scare, being replaced by John Monaghan, a director of the co-operative for 10 years
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Fonterra's pricing tension, and more

12 Jul 18, 9:33am

Guy Trafford

Guy Trafford wraps up the key dairy issues before the new season gets underway - the beta, TBD, MPB, confidence, and then on to DIRA
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Fonterra's $7 milk price 'under pressure'

4 Jul 18, 1:15pm

David Hargreaves

5 comments

The sharpest fall in global dairy prices for over a year raises questions about whether the current level of forecast milk price for farmers this season will be achievable
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Fonterra's troubled China associate gets new GM

2 Jul 18, 10:21am

David Hargreaves

1 comment

Appointment of new 'independent' manager to Beingmate seen by Fonterra as key to turning around its under-performing investment in the company
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The Minister of Finance has some advice for Fonterra

25 Jun 18, 1:45pm

Jason Walls

43 comments

Grant Robertson says Fonterra needs to be focusing more on the value-add side of its business
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The Minister of Finance has some advice for Fonterra

25 Jun 18, 1:45pm

Jason Walls

43 comments

Grant Robertson says Fonterra needs to be focusing more on the value-add side of its business
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More concerns for Fonterra in China

22 Jun 18, 7:35am

Guy Trafford

11 comments

Infant formula concerns raised for Fonterra and Beingmate in China. Fonterra says it's a technical not food safety issue, plays it down
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Fonterra won’t be Jones’ last corporate punching bag

20 Jun 18, 6:27am

Jason Walls

23 comments

The only consequence Shane Jones has faced for his attacks on corporate NZ is increased airtime & more column inches. Jason Walls doesn't expect him to stop anytime soon
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Peters backs Shane Jones' call for Fonterra’s chairman to resign

14 Jun 18, 3:08pm

Jason Walls

31 comments

Winston Peters says ‘heads should roll’ at Fonterra over its loss on China's Beingmate, says the buck stops at the top
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Rural proofing, some of it redundant

14 Jun 18, 8:32am

Guy Trafford

4 comments

Government ministers try to build bridges with the rural community, some by 'friendship', some by bullying. Also, why are there three national farm databases? wonders Guy Trafford
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Shane Jones calls for Fonterra Chairman's head

13 Jun 18, 4:09pm

Jason Walls

28 comments

The ‘First Citizen of the Provinces’ has called for the resignation of another top public-sector figure – Fonterra Chairman John Wilson
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